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Reflections Records News November 2005

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Reflections Newsletter
November 4, 2005

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THE LOWDOWN
• RISE AND FALL – INTO OBLIVION release details announced, free MP3 and pre-orders!
• BLACKLISTED - … THE BEAT GOES ON. CD free MP3. in stores December 13, get it now!
• What the critics say on FACE TOMORROW, DOOMRIDERS, DEAD HEARTS and NO TURNING BACK
• REFLECTIONS FEST PART I – January 28, 2006
• GOOD CLEAN FUN European Tour with Anti-Flag
• BLACKLISTED European Tour with Terror / Donnybrook
• MODERN LIFE IS WAR / OMISSION European Tour
• DOOMRIDERS / RISE AND FALL / NOVEMBER COMING FIRE European Tour
• REFLECTIONS & AFFILIATED BANDS random news
• Online-Store, SPECIAL deals and new merch from DEAD HEARTS and BLACKLISTED

RISE AND FALL – INTO OBLIVION CD. Taking pre-orders!
RISE AND FALL is PUNKMETAL made flesh! Defining it more specifically? Imagine the sound of a cinderblock going through your windshield… A combination of Clevo- and New York-style hardcore (Ringworm, Integrity, Cro-Mags, Leeway) and their love for bands like Black Sabbath, Entombed, Neurosis, Motorhead, Discharge and Celtic Frost. “Into Oblivion” is most definitely one of the hardest, meanest and dirtiest hardcore albums ever to be released in Europe ! “Into Oblivion” RISE AND FALL's second album has been recorded at CCR Studios (Vincent Amen Ra) and mixed by Kurt Ballou @ God City Studios and artwork has been created by Jacob Bannon.

The street date is December 13 but you can pre-order the CD now to get it before everyone else does. We're also offering a special package deal with both the CD and a limited PUNKMETAL T-shirt for only € 20.00. This shirt will be limited to only 75 and once they're gone, they're gone forever! The LP version will be out on February 11th, 2006 but we should have some copies already available for the Reflections Fest in Holland on January 28th, 2006.

RISE AND FALL will play a record release show on November 24 at The Frontline, Ghent , Belgium. Together with their friends from Turn The Screw, Officer Jones And His Patrol Car Problems, Reproach, Restless Youth and Amen Ra. Start is at 7.00 PM. Be there early. Punkmetal will reign!

Pre-order the CD or Package Deal in our online store.
Listen to a brand new and free MP3 for the song “The Void”
Visit the band's official site at:www.riseandfall.org

BLACKLISTED – …THE BEAT GOES ON. CD out now!
The beat goes on...Whether it's with their infectious BLOW DUDES parts, hardcore urgency, or uniquely powerful lyrics, the true grit of BLACKLISTED will move you unlike any other present day hardcore band. BLACKLISTED pick up the torch that contemporary legends American Nightmare once proudly carried. Merging a violence, honesty, and emotional outpouring into one untamable and inspiring hardcore machine. Those who listened to "We're Unstoppable" CD Collection (Refections2005) have witnessed this power first hand.

BLACKLISTED "...The Beat Goes On" was painstakingly engineered by Jim Siegel @ The Outpost (Blood For Blood, Give Up The Ghost) and designed by BRLSQ (Consolidated Skates). "...The Beat Goes On" is their collective life story of urban emotional survival. Comprised of 13 contemporary hardcore anthems, "...The Beat Goes On" celebrates the triumph, underdog determination, and real struggle that is undeniably Philadelphia by definition. Proving once again that BLACKLISTED are a true hardcore beacon and beating heart. A symbol of strength and hope for this cold and unforgiving world.

Order the CD in our online store.
Listen to a brand new and free MP3 for the song "How Quickly We Forget”
Visit the band's official site at: www.blacklistedhardcore.com

What the critics say on FACE TOMORROW, DOOMRIDERS,
DEAD HEARTS and NO TURNING BACK

FACE TOMORROW – 03/02/05 DVD
FACE TOMORROW's DVD “ LIVE 03/02/2005 ” is out now! FACE TOMORROW have basically done nothing but playing shows and playing MORE shows. On the 2nd of February 2005 , in their hometown Rotterdam , the band recorded a live DVD in front of 800+ friends. The result of this 11 angled camera filmed event is to be seen on the band's first ever released DVD Beautiful deluxe digipack packaging w/ softcover slipcase!. Also included are interviews and video's, including the brand new video for “My World Within” which is already on rotation on MTV and is shown on various TV channels across Europe .

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: After “For Who You Are” and “The Closer You Get”, two very successful releases my favourit european bands comes up with a brand new DVD!!! What can I say, I really like the guys from FACE TOMORROW and their music, this DVD called “LIVE 03/02/2005” is a great presentation of everything these five friends from rotterdam stand in for! Great music, great shows, great lyrics, …this DVD contains a complete live-set played in Nighttown / Rotterdam on the 3.2. 2005 infront of tons of people, a very nice and honest 5 minute movie about the band including some interviews with the band-members, some videoclips and an interesting photo gallery. The Sound and Camerawork on the live-set is amazing, pure emo/indie/rock entertainment!!! This is a must for every FACE TOMORROW fan!!! Score: 10/10. – Trueside Music.

Order the DVD and get the CDEP for free!
Listen to a brand new and free MP3 for the song "My World Within”
Visit the band's official site at: www.facetomorrow.net

DOOMRIDERS – BLACK THUNDER CD
A stellar lineup featuring Nate Newton (Converge, Old Man Gloom), along with longtime friends Jebb Riley (There Were Wires, Disappearer), Chris Pupecki (Cast Iron Hike), and Chris Bevalaqua (Hallraker) form DOOMRIDERS. The demon child of their collective unhealthy obsession with Classic Rock, Hardcore, and Skateboarding, DOOMRIDERS are a rare beast in today's music world. Their soulful, no frills approach conjures the spirits of Thin Lizzy, Entombed, Motörhead and damn near every evil in between. Making DOOMRIDERS approach one hell of a rebellious and exciting musical ride.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: “ Really, let ups are few and far between: rather than allow the listener to recover from brain-bludgeoning bulldozers like ‘Ride Or Die' , Doomriders simply keep the pedal to the metal, producing some finely titled standouts in the process. ‘Deathbox' , ‘Drag Them Down' and, most particularly, ‘Fuck This Shit' do everything you'd expect them to, titles considered. They're Thin Lizzy gone mad-for-hardcore, Led Zeppelin with a sense of mu'fucking metal humour “ Drownedinsound.com

Order the CD in our online store and receive a GIANT Black Thunder poster for FREE.
Listen to a brand new and free MP3 for the song “Black Thunder”.
Visit the band's official Myspace site at: www.myspace.com/doomriders

DEAD HEARTS – NO LOVE, NO HOPE MCD
DEAD HEARTS play hardcore with conviction: pushing the genre forward, yet still embodying the passion and urgency that defines its true spirit. “No Love, No Hope” is an unprecedented hardcore record. This highly anticipated follow-up to their self -titled CDep finds the band with darker concepts forged from regret, loss and most of all, hope. Introspection and self realization drive these 7 songs so anthemic, that the listener would believe that Buffalo could be anywhere! There will be a limited one-time pressing on 12” coming later. In the meantime, Round 2 Records just released the “No Love, No Hope” on limited vinyl in the US . Go pick up the CD at your local record store or urge them to order it for you, or, make it easy on yourself and get it directly at the Reflections online-store or from all the great online-mailorders worldwide!

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: “ Seven songs full of nihilism and disappointment about everyday life with lyrics located somewhere between desperate hopelessness and (self)destructive courage to fight. All of this fits perfectly to the rocking oldschool/newschool mix, which blends bands like the Suicide File, old Modern Life Is War and Comeback Kid. 'No love, no hope' is one of those unbelievably intense records, which unfortunaltely have become very rare since the 'Unbroken-Era“ – Hardboiled.de

Order the CD in our online store.
Listen to a brand new and free MP3 for the song ‘ Bright Lights, Burnt City '
Visit the band's official site at www.deadhearts.net

NO TURNING BACK – RISE FROM THE ASHES MCD
One of Hollands most succesful and hardest working bands releases the follow up to their last album “Damage Done” on Reflections Records this summer!. NO TURNING BACK dug even deeper in the search for their definition of true hardcore and these new songs sound harder, meaner and more aggressive then ever before! NO TURNING BACK never made any concessions to anyone and it shows. This is pure, uncompromising and pissed off hardcore! Pick up their brandnew record “Rise From The Ashes” now!

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: “These five Dutch boys play NYHC exactly the way it should be, so expect fast songs, cutting guitars, blistering breakdowns, extremely pissed-off sounding vocals and a rhythm-section, that will blow you right against the wall. Compared to their last album I'd say NO TURNING BACK sound way rawer and even more in your face, so I guess fans of the fantastic recent Allegiance album will enjoy this just as much as those, who love legends such as Judge and Killing Time.” Taketherisk.net

Order the CD in our online store.
Listen to a brand new and free MP3 for the song ‘ Sick World'
Visit the band's official site at www.noturningback.nl

REFLECTIONS FESTIVALS
We'll be celebrating our TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY as Reflections on many levels next year so we figured there's no better way then to throw a party. That's why we got together with a great bunch of people, venues and bands to organise a line of various festivals all over Europe, starting in January...

Saturday January 28, 2006
Reflections Records and Innocent present in cooperation w/ Metropool:

REFLECTIONS FEST PART I
21:45-22:25 Terror (usa)
20:50-21:25 Modern Life Is War (usa)
20:00-20:30 Blacklisted (usa)
19:10-19:40 No Turning Back
18:20-18:50 Rise And Fall (bel)
17:30-18:00 Donnybrook (usa)
16:40-17:10 Omission
16:00-16:20 My Endless Fight
22:30--------- Afterparty @ Innocent

Location: Metropool, Hengelo www.metropool.nl
Venue opens: 15:00 First band: 16:00
Tickets € 18,- (at the door) Presale € 15,-

All presales are handled by Innocent:
Wire to GIRO 6238814. International visitors: IBAN: NL 95 PSTB 0006238814 BIC: PSTB NL 21 w/ referral to REFLECTIONSFEST incl. your NAME, E-MAIL ADDRESS and the number of TICKETS you want.

P.S. Keep your eyes and ears open for announcements on Reflections Fest Part II, to be held at Hof Ter Loo, Antwerp Belgium February 26, 2006 in cooperation with Heartbreaktunes.

BANDS IN VANS

GOOD CLEAN FUN European Tour with ANTI-FLAG
GOOD CLEAN FUN will be supporting the mighty ANTI-FLAG for on their upcoming European tour. In addition the band will play a bunch of shows on their own. Check the tourdates for all the information. Here's already a preview of the cover art of their new album "Between Christian Rock And A Hard Place", coming out January 10, 2006. We'll be releasing the CD details in our next newsletter.
BLACKLISTED European Tour with Terror and Donnybrook
For the first time on European soil! Blacklisted will join Terror and Donnybrook on a full European tour from January 6 – January 28 2006. Check the tourdates for all the information.
MODERN LIFE IS WAR / OMISSION European Tour
MODERN LIFE IS WAR is confirmed for a full European Tour with label mates (and party animals) OMISSION from January 27 – February 26 2006 . Check the tourdates for all the information.
DOOMRIDERS / RISE AND FALL / NOVEMBER COMING FIRE European Tour
Three Reflections' bands team up for one hell of an exciting tour in February - March 2006. Three bands that deliver the rock, the roll, the metal and most and for all a mean punk attitude. Be ready to get blown away! Check the tourdates for all the information.

REFLECTIONS & AFFILIATED BAND NEWS
The weblog at our website is in full effect and there's quite some interesting stuff to be read. How about Harm, RAZOR CRUDSADE's former bass-player ripping up things with MODERN LIFE IS WAR or the latest news on NOVEMBER COMING FIRE? Or how the Reflections team manages to deal with winter depression? Go check it out! You might learn something or have a good laugh!

NOVEMBER COMING FIRE is in the finishing stage of their Reflections debut album “Dungeness”. The band is confirmed to play shows with Trial (one-off reunion in London ) and The Hope Conspiracy in the next weeks! Check the tourdates for details.

BARS is slowly but surely finishing their follow-up to “Introduding..”. Kurt Ballou @ Godcity Studio's will take care of the mixing, look out for a releases date Valentine's Day 2006.

And while being at the topic of recording: PANIC is preparing themselves to record their brandnew EP in the coming weeks as well. Azy and Gibby both, independently from eachother confirmed that ‘some serious shredding' is gonna happen!

STEEL RULES DIE are getting things back together as well and have a few shows lined up before the year is over and are playing a date in the UK with BOYSETSFIRE as well. Go see these ‘roll-up-our-sleeves-and-rock” guys when you get the chance!

ONLINE STORE
RISE AND FALL – Into Oblivion CD / Punkmetal package deal! We're offering a one-off package deal for Rise And Fall's upcoming album “Into Oblivion”. For only € 20.00 you will receive both the CD and a limited PUNKMETAL shirt link
FACE TOMORROW – 03/02/05 DVD special deal! Order the brand-new DVD and receive the new Cdep for “My World Within” (featuring 3 live tracks!) for FREE!
STRIKING DISTANCE – The Bleeding Starts here. CD special deal! This month, you can purchase the de-luxe packaged STRIKING DISTANCE – The Bleeding Starts Here. CD for only € 5, 00
GIVE UP THE GHOST – Special deal! If you order the de-luxe packaged “Year One” CD this month, you will get the “Love American” Cdep and a full color poster for free!
RAZOR CRUSADE – Special deal! Order the “Infinite Water” / “Are You Wired?” package deal and receive on top of that a free Razor Crusade t-shirt! (make sure to include a comment w/ your order with your size!)
BLACKLISTED, DEAD HEARTS, MODERN LIFE IS WAR – Brand new Merch!
Check out the new shirts we got from Blacklisted, Modern Life Is War and Dead Hearts. They're being printed as we speak and will be available within the next two weeks!

IN SHORT... THE LATEST REFLECTIONS RELEASES
RFL069 Blacklisted – …The Beat Goes On. CD
RFL068 No Turning Back – Rising From The Ashes. MCD
RFL067 Dead Hearts – No Love, No Hope. MCD
RFL066 Doomriders – Black Thunder. CD
RFL065 Omission – Refuse Regress. CD
RFL064 Modern Life Is War – Witness. Color LP
RFL064 Modern Life Is War – Witness. CD
RFL062 Face Tomorrow – Live 03.02.05 DVD
RFL061 Blacklisted – We're Unstoppable. CD
RFL060 Psyopus – Ideas Of Reference. CD

DISTRIBUTION
Reflections is proudly distributed by: Bertus ( Benelux ), Shellshock ( U.K. & Ireland ), Overcome ( France ), Cargo Distribution (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Soundpollution ( Scandinavia ), Sell Our Souls Records ( Spain ), the Lumberjack/Mordam Group ( North America ) and various others.

Depending on what country you're from we deal direct with Stores / Distros as well.. Contact sales@reflectionsrecords.com Get in touch directly if you are interested in distributing Reflections releases.

That is all. Thanks for reading and visit our site for more news!
Suzanne / On behalf of the Reflections team
“I Want To Crawl Inside Your Soul” - Danzig

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